SEJ Miami Fri Oct 21 – Lunchtime through Evening

Registration continues, Network Lunch, Afternoon Concurrent Sessions, Special Newsmakers Forum, News Conference Podium, SEJ Membership Meeting, Beat Dinners, and VIP Film Festival

 

Conference registration continues until 5 p.m.

Location: InterContinental, outside the Grand Ballroom

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12:15 – 1:45 p.m. Network Lunch: Discussion Tables (see flyer at Registration Table) OR Choice of Two Breakout Sessions:

Lunch Breakout Session #1: Everglades Around the Globe

Moderator: Joseph Treaster, John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Cross-Cultural Communication, School of Communication and Knight Center for International Media, University of Miami

Location: Chopin Ballroom

 

Lunch Breakout Session #2: Dolphins: The Success Story Is Threatened

Moderator: Michele Gillen, Chief Investigative Reporter, WFOR-CBS Miami

Location: Theater

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2:00 – 3:15 p.m.  Concurrent Sessions 2

 

THE CRAFT: A Storytelling Playshop: Can Environmental Coverage Be Funny?

Room: Theater

 

LATIN AMERICA: Do Tropical Forests Have a Future?

Room: Sandringham

 

THE OCEAN: The Day after Tomorrow: Changing Atlantic Ocean Currents and Future Climate

Room: Windsor

 

THE NATION: Busting the Bad Guys: Criminal Enforcement of Environmental Laws

Room: Balmoral

 

WILDLIFE AND NATURAL RESOURCES: Florida’s Iconic Critters

Room: Escorial

 

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE: Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples on the Frontlines

Room: Alhambra

 

POLLUTION AND SOLUTIONS: Diseases and Chemicals: Are Environmental Exposures Fueling Our Worst Epidemics?

Room: Michelangelo

 

THE GLOBE: China and U.S. Energy Policies: Green or Mean on the Environment?

Room: Raphael

 

THE EXTRAS: Trouble in the Fishbowl: Making the Aquarium Trade More Sustainable

Room: Chopin Ballroom

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3:30 - 4:00 p.m.  Special Newsmakers Forum: Sylvia Earle

Location: Grand Ballroom

 

4:00 - 4:30 p.m.  Beverage Break and News Conference Podium: “A Better Way to Fish”

Convener: Oceansmart, Inc.

Location: Mezzanine East near registratio

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4:30 - 5:30 p.m.  SEJ Membership Meeting

Location: Grand Ballroom 

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7:00 - 11:00 p.m.  Beat Dinners on South Beach (sign up at Registration Table), and a VIP Film Fest (reservations required)

Buses will begin departing the InterContinental at 5:30 p.m. and run to South Beach until 7:00 p.m.

At 11:00 p.m., buses will be staged at the Symphony Hall for a ride back to the InterContinental.

If you want to return earlier or get pulled in to some South Beach nightlife, a cab back to the hotel will run you $20 - $25: Central Cab (South Beach), (305) 532-5555. See the Beat Dinner flyer at the Registration Desk for more details.

 

LINK TO FULL AGENDA DETAILS

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